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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

चामरcāmaraरम् [ram], रम् [चमर्याः विकारः तत्पुच्छनिर्मितत्वात्] also -रा -री sometimes.
1. रम् ram, रम् चमर्याः विकारः तत्पुच्छनिर्मितत्वात् also -रा -री sometimes.
2. A chowrie or bushy tail of the Chamara (Bos Grunniens) used as a fly-flap or fan, and reckoned as one of the insignia of royalty (and sometimes used as a sort of streamer on the heads of horses); व्याधूयन्ते निचुलतरुभिर्मञ्जरीचामराणि V.4.4; अदेय- मासीत् त्रयमेव भूपतेः शशिप्रभं छत्रमुभे च चामरे R.3.16; Ku.7.42; H.2.29; Me.35; चित्रन्यस्तमिवाचलं हयशिर- स्यायामवच्चामरम् V.1.4; Ś.1.8.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ग्राहः, -ग्राहिन् Masculine a person who carries a chowrie.
- -ग्राहिणी
  
  a waiting girl who carries in her hand a chowrie and waves it over the head of a king etc.; पृष्ठे लीलावलयरणितं चामर- ग्राहिणीनाम् Bh.3.61. पुष्पः, पुष्पकः the betel-nut tree.
  
  the Ketaka plant.
  
  the mango tree.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

चामरcāmara[kâmara] a. relating to the yak (bos grunniens); n. tail of the yak, used as a fly-whisk, also as an ornament…

[kâmara] adjective relating to the yak (bos grunniens); neuter tail of the yak, used as a fly-whisk, also as an ornament on the heads of horses and elephants; one of the insignia of royalty: -grâhinî, feminine; also equal for female whisk-bearer.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

चामरcāmaramfn. coming from the Yak (चम्˚) BhP. viii, 10, 13
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective coming from the Yak (चम्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) BhP. viii, 10, 13
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective belonging to a chowrie Lexicographers
3. masculine gender Equivalent to चम्that the rest of a word is to be supplied (quod vide), a chowrie Bhoj.
4. neuter gender the same (a kind of plume on the heads of horses etc. S3ak. Vikr. Ka1d.) MBh. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ). Kum. vii, 42)
5. neuter gender a metre of 4 x 15 syllables
6. neuter gender Equivalent to दण्ड (a stick) Lexicographers
7. nf(आ, ई). a chowrie Lexicographers Scholiast or Commentator
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अम्बुचामरambucāmaran. "water- chowri1 chowri", the aquatic plant Valisneria .

neuter gender "water- chowri1 chowri", the aquatic plant Valisneria .

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कर्णचामरkarṇacāmaran. a cowrie as ornament for the ear of an elephant Ka1d.

neuter gender a cowrie as ornament for the ear of an elephant Ka1d.

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चामरग्राहcāmaragrāham. a chowrie-bearer g. रेवत्य्-आदि .

masculine gender a chowrie-bearer gaRa रेवत्य्-आदि .

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चामरग्राहिकcāmaragrāhikam. patr. fr. ˚ह ib.

masculine gender patronymic from that the rest of a word is to be suppliedह ibidem

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चामरग्राहिणीcāmaragrāhiṇīf. a female chowrie-bearer Ka1d. Bhartr2. iii, 67 Hcat.

feminine a female chowrie-bearer Ka1d. Bhartr2. iii, 67 Hcat.

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चामरधारिcāmaradhārif. id. S3ak. ii, 0/1, 12 Sch.

feminine the same S3ak. ii, 0/1, 12 Scholiast or Commentator

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चामरधारिणीcāmaradhāriṇīf. id. Ba1lar. iv, 8/9.

feminine the same Ba1lar. iv, 8/9.

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